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Wagner: Das Rheingold
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Wagner: Siegfried
Pablo Heras-Casado; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
BudapestR. Strauss: SalomeNew production
Strauss R.: Salome
Martin Rajna; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Márton Ágh; Ildikó Tihanyi; Csaba Szilárdi; Nicole Chevalier
BayreuthDas RheingoldNew production
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
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Wagner: Siegfried
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
BerlinKirill Petrenko conducts “Hänsel und Gretel”Semi-staged performance
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Berliner Philharmoniker; Kirill Petrenko; Matthias Davids; Andrew D. Edwards; Samantha Hankey; Elena Villalón
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Already a psychodrama as written, the Salome according to Cyril Teste takes us deeper into what makes the protagonist – or is she a tragic heroine? – into who she is.
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ParisL'Or du Rhin
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Pablo Heras-Casado; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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A rollicking good story woven into music by a composer without peers, the ultimate operatic expression of the High Romantic aesthetic, and an opera that actually feels short at five hours.